BELCHERTOWN WATER DISTRICT: EPA violation history, explained
BELCHERTOWN WATER DISTRICT has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. Population served: 3,253, over 1,296 connections.
Ranked against every other system in this dataset
11 total violations and 6 health-based ones put BELCHERTOWN WATER DISTRICT at the 75th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 3,246 of 12,903.
How BELCHERTOWN WATER DISTRICT compares within MA
BELCHERTOWN WATER DISTRICT's 6 health-based violations sit within the MA average of 7.0, across 283 systems statewide. The clean-record guide covers what a comparison like this can hide.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for BELCHERTOWN WATER DISTRICT is from 2015-01-09 (health-based: 2015-01-09). Last reported to EPA: 06/22/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
BELCHERTOWN WATER DISTRICT's flagged contaminants and rule violations, grouped by what they actually mean for a filter choice rather than left as EPA's raw code list:
- Microbial contamination / treatment technique - flagged from: Coliform (TCR)
The most severe category on record is microbial contamination / treatment technique, which points toward a microbial-class filter if you want to address it directly.
What this data is and is not
This is what BELCHERTOWN WATER DISTRICT reported to its state primacy agency and EPA under the Safe Drinking Water Act - real regulatory record, not a lab test of your specific tap. This record - 6 health-based violations on file for BELCHERTOWN WATER DISTRICT - stops at the meter and cannot see household plumbing on the other side of it. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.